Individual wheel mounting



Sept. 8, 1931. A. F. MAsURY 1,322,159

Y INDIVIDUAL WHEEL MOUNTIG Filed June 1:5. 1929 Patented Slept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALFRED F. MAWSURY, F NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL MOTOR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE INDIVIDUAL WHEL MOUNTING.

Application Elea June 13,

wheels individually upon the vehicle rame at suitable points and transmit the driVefto such wheels through suitably constructed transmissions. To transmit, effectively, thev drive from the sprung elements to the unsprung wheel, the present invention seeks to provide a drive which is highly exible and permits relative movement between the frame and wheel in every direction without impairing theoharacter of the drive.

An object of the invention, therefore,lis to provide an individual wheel mounting of improved form and embodying a drive which permits relative movement of the wheel with respect to the frame without impairing the elciency thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of mounting for an individually mounted wheel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mounting for an individually mounted wheel which permits relative movement of the wheel with respect to theframe, not only in a vertical plane which is parallel to the vehicle frame, but also in a plane perpendicular/thereto.

Further objects, not specifically enumerated above, will be apparent as the `invention isl described in vgreater detail in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a plan view,-part1yv in section, showing an individually mounted wheel constructed in accordance with the present inven tion and provided with a drive which permits relative movement of the wheel with respect to the frame, both in longitudinal and transverse planes. p Figure 2 is a view in side elevation showing the wheelmounting in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end view of the frame and upper end of the driving mechanism.

al which meshes with the bevel pinion 1929. Serial No. 370,541.

Referring to the above drawings, a designates a vehicle frame having an axle housing and a live axle c. The axle housing extends outwardly of the frame and carries a journal bracket d formed with oppositely extending arms d. A nut eis secured to the end of the housing b and prevents removal of the bracket d axially thereof.

Wheels f are mounted upon a stub axle f carried in a two part housing g. The housing 6ois formed with a recess g within which a hinge pin g2 is mounted. The hinge pin g2 passes through the apertured end of one of the arms CZ on the bracket d and thus permits movement of the housing g transversely of the frame member a. Incidentally, the pinl g2 is radially disposedwith respect to the axis of live axle c, thus permitting movement in such direction in addition to the provision afforded by bracket d for rotatable movement of the housing g with respect to the axle c.

The upper end of housing g is formed with a head g3 and an extension g4; The extension g4 is carried by the left hand aperturedarmv d and the axis thereof is coincident with that of the axisvof hinge pin g2. An elonated slot g5 is formed on Athe inner face of he head g3 to permit relative movement of Athehead with respectto the nut e about the axis of the vhinge pin g2. Within the extension g4, a stub shaft 71.

is journaled, carrying a bevel pinion z. VAxle c drlves a bevel gear c which meshes with the bevel pinion It', A shaft 21 is journaled in the head g3 and carries a bevel gear 85 a sprocket wheel 112 also'being mounted on thestub shaft z'. A driven sprocket wheel f2 is mounted on the stub shaft f. and is drivenby sprocket wheel 2 through a suit- 90 able chain indicated diagrammatically by the dot and dash lines at In order to mount the frame upon the wheel housing and wheels, a bracket c is.` secured to the frame and carries a cantilever spring 7c. This spring projects outwardly into the path of a bearing surface g6 and thus cushions relative movement of housing g with respect to the frame a.

While the linvention has been described with speciic reference to the construction shown in the yaccompanying drawings, it is not to be limited, save as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a Wheel, an axle housing, a housing mounting the Wheel, means to journal the last named housing on the axle housing, means to permit movement of the housing and Wheel angularly of the frame, a head in the housing, a driving bevel gear carried by the axle housing, a sprocket Wheel mounted in the head and aligned with the driving gear, a bevel gear carried with the sprocket, and a bevel gear carried in the head and meshing With the last named bevel gear and the driving gear, the axis of the last named bevel gear passing through the axis of the driving gear and lying in the median plane of the sprocket.

2. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a IWheel, an axle housing, a housing mounting the wheel, means to journal the last named housing on the axle housing, means to permit movement of the housing and Wheel angularly of the frame, a head in the housing, a driving bevel gear carried by the axle housing, a sprocket Wheel mounted in the head and aligned with the driving gear, a bevel gear carried with the sprocket, and a bevel gear carried in the head and meshing with the last named bevel gear and the driving gear, the axis of the last named bevel gear passlng through the axis of the driving gear.

3. A wheel mounting comprising a frame, a wheel, an axle housing, a housing mounting the wheel, means to journal the last named housing on the axle housing, means to permit movement of the housing and Wheel angularly of the frame, a head in the housing, a driving bevel gear carried by the axle housing, a sprocket Wheel mounted in the head and aligned with the driving gear, a bevel gear carried with the sprocket, and a bevel gear carried in the head and meshing with the last named bevel gear and the driving gear.

4. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a Wheel, an axle housing, a bracket journaled on the axle housing, a housing, a recess in the housing, an extension on the housing, the axes of the extension and recess lying in a straight line passing through the axis of the axle housing, means to ournal the housing on the bracket at the recess and extension, driving means in the axle housing and housing, and means to mount the Wheel on the housing.

5. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a Wheel, an axle housing, a bracket journaled on the axle housing, a housing, a recess in the housing, an extension on the housing, the recess and extension being axially aligned, means to journal the housing on the bracket at the recess and extension, and means to mount the Wheel on the housing.

6. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a Wheel, an axle housing, a bracket journaled on the axle housing, a housing, a recess in the housing, an extension on the housing, means to journal the housing on the bracket at the recess and extension, and means to mount the wheel on the housing.

7. A Wheel mounting comprising a frame, a Wheel, an axle housing, a bracket journaled on the axle housing, a housing journaled on the bracket to permit movement of the housing angularly of the frame, and means to mount the Wheel on the housing.

This specification signed this 8th day of June A. D. 1929.

ALFRED F. MASURY. 

